Gossip Girl: Season 1
  • Network: The CW
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 19, 2007
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
Metascore
54 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 26 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 26
  3. Negative: 9 out of 26
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  1. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: John Leonard
    30
    I don’t care whether Serena (Blake Lively) and Blair (Leighton Meester) can ever be best friends again after what happened with Blair’s boyfriend before Serena ran off to boarding school is not just because I’m an old fart.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    30
    But it's not just that the Gossip Girl cast lacks chemistry. Among these characters and threaded through these predictable, thin stories, there's precious little of anything that approaches sweetness, kindness, altruism or heart.
  3. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    30
    Gossip Girl lacks the heart, humor and sweetness that balanced out the soapy happenings on "The O.C."
  4. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Doug Elfman
    25
    It's one of the worst new series--but for its cardboard acting and writing, not for the morals.
  5. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    25
    It's a nasty piece of work filled with underage sex, vulgar, hateful kids and references to young girls that are flat-out ugly and disrespectful.
  6. Detroit Free Press
    Reviewed by: Mike Duffy
    25
    Slick, cynical teen soap nonsense.
  7. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    20
    Gossip Girl is a bad mix of the popular book series by Cecily von Ziegesar and the production talents of Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, who made "The O.C."
  8. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Richmond
    20
    It's so consumed with its of-the-moment zeitgeist embodiment that it forgets to give its characters any depth beyond their reshaped noses.
  9. Kansas City Star
    Reviewed by: Aaron Barnhart
    0
    I hate it.

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User Score
7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 150 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 48 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 63
  3. Negative: 11 out of 63
  1. AshleyB.
    10
    I think this show is a good pass time, hard to keep up with if you don't watch it fully, which makes for a good mystery, Gossip Girl is exactly how Gossip is, treacherous, dangerous, and scandalous. It's a great show, the cast is great, no acting problems what so ever. Though the plot lines could be more diverse, but that is just me.… Full Review »
  2. Lari
    10
    I LOVE gossip girl. The characters are absolutely divine and the plot is delicious. I easily watched the first, second, and third season within 3 weeks and did this after school.It definitely has me hooked. And what I love about it is that it isn't just like any typical teenage drama it's just really creative and surprising and the plot always thickens.… Full Review »
  3. KimR
    10
    Best show ever!!!
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